FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

[Valence]

I rather have cringe dialogue (also jrpg by nature can be cringe tbh, so...) than having a localization team that has Main Character syndrome and changing things, or their obsession with "Ooo we make the character said the Thing *pog face*"

I guess it's a matter of preferences. I have my own problems with the EN version, but I can't play with something that reads cringe, it just puts me off completely and pulls me out of the immersion/story instantly, so I'll take the other drawbacks over this one out of necessity.

Yeah it's true when I said that, I mostly thinking about the narrative side (voice acting and translation). Honestly, if you think THAT is abysmal, go take a look at the english version. But I know bashing the french version is a very popular sport with french talking people. They often don't realise how good their dubbing industry is because they remember the underfunded dubbing they saw as kids, and tend to idealise english and japanese versions because they don't have a native lvl (or any lvl at all), thus being far more lenient with those.

Ok, now you're assuming a lot of things about me. I'm not some random pleb that goes through something in english subbed in french while I can't even understand the english. Yeah you bet to those people the foreign language is never gonna sound cringe if they lack the familiarity with it.
To me the french loc reads exactly like it's been translated by teens/kids. Not the EN one, and I do have my problems with the old dusty book tone, but at least it's mostly well written, if just dull and lacking of personality at times because that unfortunate choice.

Either way, if you like it, all the more power to you!